The Man I Used To Be
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
I hope you remember me
I was your daddy once
Wearing the sailor cap and dirty nails
To you I’m just a picture on your
Mother's mantlepiece
Who chose to fight the good fight in
Time to fail
Into battle
And in your shadow
Your daddy loves you still
Yes I do
I never thought it'd be so hard to
See you grow so fast
And turn into the man I used to be
But I hope you have more sense
Than I in matters such as these
Medals don't mean shit when a
Family is lost at sea
Into battle
And in your shadow
Your daddy loves you still
Yes he does
Yes he does
I save every moment i've reached out
And almost touched you
But they all fade away must be a bad memory
Bedspring
Kiss
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Jimmy
His secrets out
The one he locked inside and denied every
Word about
He's guilty so his story claims
Twisting in his seat he repeats alone his name
Counting the words
Between his every line
Searchin' miles and miles to define
Just what it all means
Jimmy
As quiet as a church mouse
Painted every graphic scene but
With few details
His accomplice had made sure
Of this
When she sealed it with a
Bedspring kiss
And when her time had come to go
Jimmy washed all the bloodstains from her
Bloodstained clothes
But with a needle in his vein
It became too hard to explain
Just what it all means
Counting the words between his every line
Searchin' miles and miles to define
Just what it all means
Killing his time
The monkey in his veins
He knew he could not explain
Just what it all means
Just what it all means
Deliver
[não disponível]
Now She Knows
She's Wrong
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
It's not the same without him here
20 years of him dead and gone
This vodka does a memory clear
Though it's too hard to imagine what these
Tears are for
A walkin posterboy for all that's good
He got swallowed by the cracks
Before he understood
She likes to think he loved here but it
Hurts so bad
Cos now she knows
She's wrong
It always seemed to strike
Her strange his working late until
The morning spending as much cash
And the sweet smell of his angel's
Hair that seemed to cling to his
Lips like a wax moustache
A walking monument to dna
Makin love under the podium at
The p.t.a
He's the principle of principles this
Love gone bad cos now she
Knows she's wrong
It hardly seems worth it baby
Too late in asking why
He juggled his honesty with 2 balls and an alibi
Now she knows that
Now she knows that
Now she knows she's wrong
Queen of the USA
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Always Be My Girl
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I Wanna Stay
Home
A.Sturmer
When you need someone
And there's noone there
There is always the 9 o'clock
To take you out somewhere
I take the train in town
Like I did for years
There is only 7 more blocks
I could walk from here
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
It's only 6 o'clock
When my day begins
There is always my alarm clock
To wake me up again
When I realise the weight
That's firmly on my shoulders
On my shoulders
I just try and find the place
I can take a walk on my blind side
On my blind side
When these memories fade
In my ripe old age
Please remember my dear
I wanna stay home...
Let This Dream Never End
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Season of the Witch
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That Girl's a Man
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Calling
Sarah
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
I know it sounds unfair
She's like a picutre standing there
I thank the heavens up above
For the one that I’m thinking of
Calling sarah
Crawling back to sarah
'Cause you're the one
Sometimes its awful hard to take
The way she takes me all the way
She's delicious beyond compare
I'd love to tell her but instead I stare
And when you ask me if I really love you
I can't wait to tell you
But if you ever feel you don't believe me
Don't you trust your feeling
'Cause its so hard to take when you're away
I wouldn't last one day
All I Want
Is Everything
A.Sturmer
Ever since I was a twinkle in my
Father's pants
They told me I could have it all and
More when given chance
"we'll get you anything you
Want"
A ferrari on my 16th birthday
"we'll get you anything that
You need"
But what I need from you is so
Much more
All I wanna be is wanted
All I wanna be wanted by you
All I wanna be is wanted
All I want is everything
I think i'd to play guitar and
Be a beatle that would be so swell
And every show I would just dedicate this
Song to you
And I would envy all my fans
While I bithc aout the price of fame
To my french maid low-ann
She looks so sincere but she don't understand
All I want is to be wanted...
Bye, Bye,
Bye
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
So there it is
All the truth is on the table
Nothing to forgive
It's ok to start again
The wedding cake
Almost fades into a memory thrown
In cupid's face
Love's just frosting anyway
They both think back to long ago
When thoughts of them both
Growing old
Had given them the grey hair they
Deserved
Singing bye bye bye...
Well i've come to take you home
Another wife
Neglected to the end
Lives her on prison life
Solitaire's not just a game
She called his bluff
Even thought the token and gold
Watch were never enough
To tell the time and start again
It seems all of these tragedies
That last and last eternities
Have broken every bank and every
Bone singing bye bye bye..
Well i've come to take you home
She Still
Loves Him
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
He writes her a letter
Tells her he won't be home soon -
She still loves him
He lost his temper
And belted his love 'cross the room -
Shes till loves him
Drinks when he's sad
Gets happy then mad at the world -
She still loves him
Never remembers that day in september when
wed -
And she still loves him
She recalls the days when they
Were younger
Flowers could heal her wounds
But now those days are long since
Gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
Faces aglow
As the light form the tv show seperates them now -
She still loves him
And all they wanted to be
Was as happy as couple number 3
On their favourite game show -
She still loves him
He recalls the days when they were younger
The futurecould heal the wounds
But now those days are long since gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
I know some day this will all work out
She'll never face this alone
The light in her eyes may be flickering dim -
But she still loves him
Baby's Coming
Back
A.Sturmer
I knew that when I saw her
That my life would soon move over from
The fast lane
Gone would be the days of all my drinkin'
And my carryin' on
But when I settled down
The party king uncrowned
The stubborn memory hadn't faded
Too many dumb mistakes
And the grief it makes
Left nothin' else to be debated
And if you say that you
Understand then you're lyin'
But if you figure that I’m alright
Now I can't deny it
Baby's coming back
Baby's coming back
So I’m on my best behaviour
I can't take it any more
I just woke up on the floor today
I've long run out of my last chance
But she's on her way
If I had a dollar
For every single time that I fought her
I'd buy a handgun
But that couldn't shoot away
The bullseye that she made on my heart
And if I sound like a beaten man well
I guess so
But on her its the sweetest prize and i
Can't let go
What I told her on the telephone was that
i'd
Been so bad
I wouldn't blame her if she mowed down these
Wild oats i'd sown
But when she said she'd give me one
More chance
I said knock three times when you arrive
Baby's coming back...(you know the rest)
The King Is Half Undressed
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
So this is where she stands at night
On this cold avenue of lights
The reds and greens but mostly reds
For you he's stopping
In seeing him she knows him less
His stick is wet she's half undressed
And all in all they're both obsessed
With so much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
What lies behind's a mystery
If words could speak they'd
Mean even less
When the king is half undressed
She dots her "i's" with a smiley
face
A work of art in all but taste
The fool deserves the bed he's made
Where idiots slumber
Divine she is to aire this fate
A crack of smile through all
His hate
Means nothing more in this
Nervous state of
So much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
The truth behind is misery
If words could speak they'd mean
Even less
When the king is half undressed
Blue autumns
Sunshine kisses
Hearts and flowers
And broken wishes
MTV Top Of The Hour
[não disponível]
(Much Music, Canada)
[não disponível]
The King Is Half Undressed
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
So this is where she stands at night
On this cold avenue of lights
The reds and greens but mostly reds
For you he's stopping
In seeing him she knows him less
His stick is wet she's half undressed
And all in all they're both obsessed
With so much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
What lies behind's a mystery
If words could speak they'd
Mean even less
When the king is half undressed
She dots her "i's" with a smiley
face
A work of art in all but taste
The fool deserves the bed he's made
Where idiots slumber
Divine she is to aire this fate
A crack of smile through all
His hate
Means nothing more in this
Nervous state of
So much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
The truth behind is misery
If words could speak they'd mean
Even less
When the king is half undressed
Blue autumns
Sunshine kisses
Hearts and flowers
And broken wishes
Sugar and Spice
[não disponível]
(91X, San Diego)
[não disponível]
Two All-Beef Patties
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Mr. Late
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No Matter What
No matter where you go
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do girl, ooh girl, with you.
No matter what you do
I will always be around
Won't you tell me what you found girl, ooh girl, won't you
Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be.
No matter where you go
There will always be a place
Can't you see it in my face girl ohh girl want you
Guitar solo: with phaser
Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be.
No matter where you go
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do girl, ooh girl, with you.
Ooh girl, you girl, want you
All I Want
Is Everything
A.Sturmer
Ever since I was a twinkle in my
Father's pants
They told me I could have it all and
More when given chance
"we'll get you anything you
Want"
A ferrari on my 16th birthday
"we'll get you anything that
You need"
But what I need from you is so
Much more
All I wanna be is wanted
All I wanna be wanted by you
All I wanna be is wanted
All I want is everything
I think i'd to play guitar and
Be a beatle that would be so swell
And every show I would just dedicate this
Song to you
And I would envy all my fans
While I bithc aout the price of fame
To my french maid low-ann
She looks so sincere but she don't understand
All I want is to be wanted...
(Much Music, Canada)
[não disponível]
Hold Your Head
Up/Hello
And if it's bad don't let it get you down you can take it.
And if it hurts don't let them see you cry you can make
it.
Hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head high
And if they stare just let them burn their
eyes on your moving.
And if they shout don't let it change a thing that you're
doing.
Hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head up woahhh
And hold your head high
Calling
Sarah
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
I know it sounds unfair
She's like a picutre standing there
I thank the heavens up above
For the one that I’m thinking of
Calling sarah
Crawling back to sarah
'Cause you're the one
Sometimes its awful hard to take
The way she takes me all the way
She's delicious beyond compare
I'd love to tell her but instead I stare
And when you ask me if I really love you
I can't wait to tell you
But if you ever feel you don't believe me
Don't you trust your feeling
'Cause its so hard to take when you're away
I wouldn't last one day
She Still
Loves Him
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
He writes her a letter
Tells her he won't be home soon -
She still loves him
He lost his temper
And belted his love 'cross the room -
Shes till loves him
Drinks when he's sad
Gets happy then mad at the world -
She still loves him
Never remembers that day in september when
wed -
And she still loves him
She recalls the days when they
Were younger
Flowers could heal her wounds
But now those days are long since
Gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
Faces aglow
As the light form the tv show seperates them now -
She still loves him
And all they wanted to be
Was as happy as couple number 3
On their favourite game show -
She still loves him
He recalls the days when they were younger
The futurecould heal the wounds
But now those days are long since gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
I know some day this will all work out
She'll never face this alone
The light in her eyes may be flickering dim -
But she still loves him
Will You Marry Me
[não disponível]
Baby's Coming
Back
A.Sturmer
I knew that when I saw her
That my life would soon move over from
The fast lane
Gone would be the days of all my drinkin'
And my carryin' on
But when I settled down
The party king uncrowned
The stubborn memory hadn't faded
Too many dumb mistakes
And the grief it makes
Left nothin' else to be debated
And if you say that you
Understand then you're lyin'
But if you figure that I’m alright
Now I can't deny it
Baby's coming back
Baby's coming back
So I’m on my best behaviour
I can't take it any more
I just woke up on the floor today
I've long run out of my last chance
But she's on her way
If I had a dollar
For every single time that I fought her
I'd buy a handgun
But that couldn't shoot away
The bullseye that she made on my heart
And if I sound like a beaten man well
I guess so
But on her its the sweetest prize and i
Can't let go
What I told her on the telephone was that
i'd
Been so bad
I wouldn't blame her if she mowed down these
Wild oats i'd sown
But when she said she'd give me one
More chance
I said knock three times when you arrive
Baby's coming back...
Now She
Knows She's Wrong
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
It's not the same without him here
20 years of him dead and gone
This vodka does a memory clear
Though it's too hard to imagine what these
Tears are for
A walkin posterboy for all that's good
He got swallowed by the cracks
Before he understood
She likes to think he loved here but it
Hurts so bad
Cos now she knows
She's wrong
It always seemed to strike
Her strange his working late until
The morning spending as much cash
And the sweet smell of his angel's
Hair that seemed to cling to his
Lips like a wax moustache
A walking monument to dna
Makin love under the podium at
The p.t.a
He's the principle of principles this
Love gone bad cos now she
Knows she's wrong
It hardly seems worth it baby
Too late in asking why
He juggled his honesty with 2 balls and an alibi
Now she knows that
Now she knows that
Now she knows she's wrong
Let 'Em In/That Is Why
Though it's hard to admit it's true
I've come to depend on you
You and your angelic shout
Loud enough for two
And that is why
I'll confide in you the truth
This time
That is why
I just can't go on and live this life
Yesterday I was right as rain
But now the forecast's not
It's partly cloudy with trouser stains
And his copy of enquiring minds
But that never meant that much to her
She chose to keep her nose too clean
She'd rahter keep it pointed
Anyway
In the spine of a magazine
And when you say I trust in you
I promise you the truth
And when you say I bet you won't
You know I will
And it'll be better in the end
So when you think you've got it
Figured out
Then you know you don't
Like all the rest you'd like to sit and pout
But of course you won't
Jet
Paul McCartney
Jet
I can almost remeber their funny faces
That time you told them that you were going to be marrying
soon.
And Jet I thought the only lonely place was on the moon.
Jet wooooooo Jet woooooo Jet wooooooo
Jet was your father as bold as the sergeant
major
How come he told you that you were hardly old enough yet
And Jet I thought the major was a lady suffragette
Jet woooooo Jet woooooooo Jet woooooooo
Ah Mater want Jet to always love me
Ah Mater want Jet to always love me
Ah Mater much la........ter.
(All the way from London it's Linda McCartney!!!)
Jet
And Jet I thought the major was a lady suffragette
Jet woooooo Jet woooooooo Jet woooooooo
Ah Mater want Jet to always love me
Ah Mater want Jet to always love me
Ah Mater much later
(Much Music,
Canada)
[não disponível]
The King Is Half Undressed
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
So this is where she stands at night
On this cold avenue of lights
The reds and greens but mostly reds
For you he's stopping
In seeing him she knows him less
His stick is wet she's half undressed
And all in all they're both obsessed
With so much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
What lies behind's a mystery
If words could speak they'd
Mean even less
When the king is half undressed
She dots her "i's" with a smiley
face
A work of art in all but taste
The fool deserves the bed he's made
Where idiots slumber
Divine she is to aire this fate
A crack of smile through all
His hate
Means nothing more in this
Nervous state of
So much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
The truth behind is misery
If words could speak they'd mean
Even less
When the king is half undressed
Blue autumns
Sunshine kisses
Hearts and flowers
And broken wishes
Baby's Coming
Back
A.Sturmer
I knew that when I saw her
That my life would soon move over from
The fast lane
Gone would be the days of all my drinkin'
And my carryin' on
But when I settled down
The party king uncrowned
The stubborn memory hadn't faded
Too many dumb mistakes
And the grief it makes
Left nothin' else to be debated
And if you say that you
Understand then you're lyin'
But if you figure that I’m alright
Now I can't deny it
Baby's coming back
Baby's coming back
So I’m on my best behaviour
I can't take it any more
I just woke up on the floor today
I've long run out of my last chance
But she's on her way
If I had a dollar
For every single time that I fought her
I'd buy a handgun
But that couldn't shoot away
The bullseye that she made on my heart
And if I sound like a beaten man well
I guess so
But on her its the sweetest prize and i
Can't let go
What I told her on the telephone was that
i'd
Been so bad
I wouldn't blame her if she mowed down these
Wild oats i'd sown
But when she said she'd give me one
More chance
I said knock three times when you arrive
Baby's coming back...
I Wanna Stay Home
A.Sturmer
When you need someone
And there's noone there
There is always the 9 o'clock
To take you out somewhere
I take the train in town
Like I did for years
There is only 7 more blocks
I could walk from here
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
It's only 6 o'clock
When my day begins
There is always my alarm clock
To wake me up again
When I realise the weight
That's firmly on my shoulders
On my shoulders
I just try and find the place
I can take a walk on my blind side
On my blind side
When these memories fade
In my ripe old age
Please remember my dear
I wanna stay home...
She Still
Loves Him
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
He writes her a letter
Tells her he won't be home soon -
She still loves him
He lost his temper
And belted his love 'cross the room -
Shes till loves him
Drinks when he's sad
Gets happy then mad at the world -
She still loves him
Never remembers that day in september when
wed -
And she still loves him
She recalls the days when they
Were younger
Flowers could heal her wounds
But now those days are long since
Gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
Faces aglow
As the light form the tv show seperates them now -
She still loves him
And all they wanted to be
Was as happy as couple number 3
On their favourite game show -
She still loves him
He recalls the days when they were younger
The futurecould heal the wounds
But now those days are long since gone forever
Now her pain just fills every room
I know some day this will all work out
She'll never face this alone
The light in her eyes may be flickering dim -
But she still loves him
All I Want
Is Everything
A.Sturmer
Ever since I was a twinkle in my
Father's pants
They told me I could have it all and
More when given chance
"we'll get you anything you
Want"
A ferrari on my 16th birthday
"we'll get you anything that
You need"
But what I need from you is so
Much more
All I wanna be is wanted
All I wanna be wanted by you
All I wanna be is wanted
All I want is everything
I think i'd to play guitar and
Be a beatle that would be so swell
And every show I would just dedicate this
Song to you
And I would envy all my fans
While I bithc aout the price of fame
To my french maid low-ann
She looks so sincere but she don't understand
All I want is to be wanted...
(World Café
- June 25, 1993)
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Spilt Milk Intro
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Hush
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Go to sleep and dream little darling
It's time for bed time to put
Out the light
Sweet dreams are awaiting
Behind closed eyes
And dark blanket of night
Where the bedbugs don't bite
Go to sleep and hush until morning
You've said all your prayers
Time to make them come true
Don't worry your daddy is here if you need
Him tonight
Ease your mind rest your eyes and sleep tight
Goodnight
Joining
A Fan Club
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
She turned the nightlight on
And blew him a kiss
He stared back through his green
Crayola eyes
She traced his likeness from off
The back of the disc
Next to the boxtop promise of the biggest prize
Joining a fan club with my friends
Filling our bathtubs with tee
Shirts and 8 x 10's
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Downstairs the late show's blasting
'Age of the rock'
The greedy monks playin' last
Sunday at the milky way
Mom's writing checks to the
Minister in the corner singing
"dig down deep"
Cause if you wanna go to heaven
All you gotta do is pay to pray
Joining a fan club with my pen
Filling my bath tub with holy
Water and amens
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Shake that woody for me
St. Pinocchio
You've paid your money
Now watch that money grow
Joining a fan club best be warned
He turns me on when he wears that lampshade
Crown of thorns
We'd look so dreamy sharing his balck caviar
While i'm picking up a fallen star
Joining a fan club is a big mistake
I still get heartburn when i think about all off the
Stamps i ate
I wish i'd loved him before fate crashed his car
Say a prayer for a fallen star
Sebrina,
Paste And Plato
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Far behind the forest of
Flying paper aeroplanes
Grazing on the grounds of ponytails
The substitute is counting down her ticks till
Recess
Hammering down to size her fingernails
Because today's the day sebrina builds her
box
Lunch buffet
Kool-aid, sandwiches and chips for all the
Shoulders
Lunch is on the table soon dessert
Is on the floor singing
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
Chesney's looking dapper in his brand
New dunce cap
Strolling down the runway to an "f"
(never has he look so lovely)
With all the others watching
Eating paste and plato (the one and only)
He fights the urge to run and kiss the chef
But she's a lovetarian especially in the
form of
Puppies
So he keeps his elbows off her
Table but he spills the beas
That he loves the girl behind the boysenberry
Punch (sebrina)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(our lady of the jabberwock)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(i live to smell her tulips talk)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(hostess for the show and tell the shepherdess
Of the muscatel flock)
Lucnhbox, hopsctoch on the rocks with spitballs,
Pratfalls, alcohol
Sebrina...
New Mistake
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Curtain opens spotlights the gentleman
Siging his love letter best wishes simpleton
Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs
He knew better that perfum was gravity
Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but nevermind
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
Intermission gave way to a miracle
The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
That couldn't wait the mother was three weeks
Late
So father mason clutching his crucifix
Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice
What a lovely way drowning sins and tooth decay
Looks like our hero's gonna fall
The bow's about to break
Cause any ole way that i fall
I'll be in your arms even though it's wrong
With our lovely new mistake
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
The ending turned tragic when many years
later
The baby had grown up and married
A pop singer
I guess it was her turn to make her first mistake
Any ole time at all
Any ole way that i fall
I just like awake with my new mistake
The
Glutton of Sympathy
A.sturmer / R.manning
In the breathless hush of
Four am
In the dark sits a sad cliche'
Cloaked in the navy blu of slowly
Fading stars
Tell me how this came to be
Sleeplessness talk to me
She'd say over and over again
Fumbling through a cut glass vase
Passing lipstick and cotton spools
Burning jealous pictures of
Marriages of friends
You never asked to be
The glutton of sympathy
She says over and and over that this is
The end
'Cause i see it in her eyes
What you don't know, time to let go
I see it in your eyes there is so
Much more out there to be learned
Such mornful words
On this white snow
Vacant page all the lesson
That she learns she packs away
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
She writes over and over again
That's when i see it in your eyes
What you don't know time to let go
I see it in your eyes
There is so much more out there to
Be learned
Tossing, turning roll away
Indecision won't you ever make up
Your mind
Lifetime nighttime wake the day
'Cause tomorrow will see
If you've had your fill of sympathy
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
Don't you know the stars are all
Fading let the sunshine capture the sparkle of
Your smile
The Ghost
At Number One
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Ugly apparition gods gift to
Oxygen
The puffed up immortal son
How they love him cause he'll become
The ghose at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who know that you're right
How does it feel to be a loaded gun
How does it feel inside a chamber
Packed with piss and spite
Sure life's no cherry
But a cupcake for the meek
So he shoots up his poison
Until the frosting tastes so sweet
(like a valentine)
He's giving it all he's got
The king of rebels hit the jackpot
But his finish line was an
Artistic flop
Yeah even the critics can't outrun
The ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
How does it feel to be a chalklind
Dollar sign
How does it feel up at the address
All the widows write
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives s a saviour, nappy superstar
To we've bid congratulations to
Him adulation
A blessed life begun, for the
Ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows the you're right
How does it feel to be a visionary poet
How does it feel to pack a pen with
Vinegar and insight
There's a party at the pearly gates
Of gold and platinum
(and) for you an invitation to the
Holy rock'n'rollers
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
Standing on the bandstand
You'll see the legends
Who'll tell you how it fels
To be the only one who knows
How does it feel to be so deep down underground
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows you've been buried alive
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives us a saviour
All Is Forgiven
A.sturmer / R.manning
Heal me darling
Pleaded the playboy bedroom eyes
Grace your sunshine
Till everyithing's ok, alright, fine
What's hers is his
Cause everything is forgiven
Forgiven
Though he soured the milk of human
Kindness all is forgiven (all is forgiven)
Truth and avarice
Encircle his words like a
Barberpole
Twisted and useless
Till they disappear in her camisole
(goodnight alibi)
Throw away your daggers and pills
Cause everything's still forgiven
Forgiven
Though he bit off the nipple of
Human kindness all is forgiven
Hypocrite, four flusher, snake in
The grass
Just a swindler and wolf in sheep's
Clothing, liar
Yes he tries to hide the cross he
Bears
But splinters, like the truth have
Always risen
All is forgiven
Though he shelters in the
Shade of the wings of a stool pigeon
All is forgiven
Russian
Hill
A.Sturmer
I dreamt about a tranquil
Sunday drive
A sensory lullaby
We trade the comic cartoons and
Magazines for pistons and gasolines
We see the road from the bedside
Parked under the sunshine
We feel the warmth of the engine
So we climb inside
And take to the motorway
Watch the clouds turn into faces
It's fun to play
Shift the gears for years and age
A single day
Until we spill onto russian hill
Past cathedrals filled with god's
Favorite guests
Dirty hands feel clean
Dressed in their
Sunday best
Treeline villages oh so heavenly
Cross a bridge of gold to landscapes
Of jumper
Only eden is for millionaires
Watch the clouds turn into faces its
Fun to play
Shift the gears for years and age
A single day
Until we spill onto russian hill
I'm pulling through the last
Stoplight
We head home past the shoreline
And through the rear view mirror it
Melts away
Till we're hopeless
Watch the clouds turn into faces
Its fun to play
We're hopeless
We shift the gears for years and age
A single day
It fades away
For like curtains close this sunset matinee
A dream fulfilled on russian hill
He's
My Best Friend
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
I've known him all my life
It seems so inconceviable
At thirteen we shooks hands but we've
Been always inseparable
He's cinnamon on my toast we're so
Close
That's not to say we haven't had our
Share of arguments
He's so unpredictable he winks
Acknowledgments
When i would rather he closed his eye
Than push me aside
My hand's a five leaf clover
It's palm sunday over and over
I never had the luck of swingers
Till i was wrapped around your finger
He's my best friend
He's my best friend
He's my best friend
I'm his best friend
He's my best friend
You don't need a brain to have a
Stroke of genius
Or a beautiful girl to let down
Your curls
Cause growing up is hard enough
When your a powderkeg for
Powderpuffs
(whether we're stayin' in or hanging out)
I'd never ask another on a date to
The ball
He doesn't need a rubber sweater or
Alcohol
Cause he gets tipsy from exchanging looks
And a little misty reading sticky
Blue dirty books
But he's my best friend
He's my best friend
I'm his best friend
He's my best friend
My hand's a five leaf clover
It's palm sunday over and over
I never had the luck of swingers
Till i was wrapped around your finger
He's my best friend
(we could hold hands for hours)
He's my best friend
(in the bedroom or shower)
He's my best friend
(i pick him up when he's feelin down)
He's my best friend
(i guess he's always been hangin around)
He's my best friend
(he gets lonely now and then)
He's my best friend
(and he gets shy around another men)
I'm his best friend
(it seems i've reached the end of my best friend)
Family Tree
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
it's old news on the radio
how you broke thru and how you let it go
so all could see how good it feels to be free
you're diggin up all your old playmates
but crossin' your fingers back at the garden gate
cos plantin' seeds don't always grow
a family tree
but when you call on your brother
you'll understand
and when you call on your sister
to make amends
you'll know the feud in the family is thru now
that we live together
'fast willie' is back from mexico
he traded all his missiles for mistletoe
changed his plea to how good it feels to be free
then he married candy with her silicone
pout
yeah she tasted so sweet until the money ran out
now he's back overseas
peddlin' bullets to the new nominee
but when you call on your brother
you'll understand
and when you call on your sister
to make amends
you'll know the feud in the family is thru now
that we live together
and when you call on your brother
and when you call on your sister
you'll know this candle has burned to the end
now that we live together
and when you call on your brother
and when you call on your sister
you'll know the future is yours when you pretend
now that we live together
Spilt Milk Outtro
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Ignorance Is Bliss
A.Sturmer / S.Alice
wake up miss toadstool
it is i your one and only king, bowser Koopa
i'm a turtle as you've seen
a little slow and a little green
but on the whole i'd say supa dupa
princess toadstool i know you're frightened
and if you knew just why you're here
the fear would be heightened
so let's just say ignorance is bliss
oh well i hate to be a bummer
i've brought you here to bring me plumbers
you know those brothers...
oh what's their names??
oh yes! Mario and Luigi
just the sound of them makes me queezy
i'd love to take a monkey wrench
i'd play my own game
princess toadstool you're so misguided
i've never been fond of book worms
but then again this worm does make
good Mario bait - oh i can't wait
ignorance is bliss
ignorance is bliss
with my magic book i'll shower
those clumsy lizards with my power
until dinosaur land is nothing but fossil fuel
my only problem with these spells
is that i know not what they tell
so every hex leaves me perplexed
and all i want are those plumbing fools
princess toadstool you're not so clever
all your words are alphabet soup
a picture tells it better
i'll say it again, ignorance is bliss
haven't you heard
a picture's worth a thousand words
you call yourself a princess
but you're a brainial in a dress
i can't believe you waste time with these books
you remind of my kid sister
she read so much she got a blister
a big one, i mean big! - on her brain
what a shnook!
ignorance is bliss
for the last time
..on second thought..
i think i've made my point
Worthless Heart
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
her love was genuine
she saved it all for her man
not for a rainy day
but she learned quickly
when she held another girl's hand
she had been left to say
this old heart of mine
this worthless heart of mine
she tries to display
a face filled not with tears and dismay
but he took her heart away
she wonders how many times
this hopeless cycle will turn
before a brighter day
bring back the sunshine
the wine and the roses
for it has taken her so long
she pleads for relief
and when no end's in sight
she's left singing the saddest of songs
this old heart of mine
this worthless heart of mine
this old heart of mine
this worthless heart of mine
wipe all those tears away
don't give up yet
someday you'll look back and laugh
all those bad memories
that you'll soon forget
will just fade like an old photograph
don't cry
this old heart of mine
tell me no more lies
Watchin' the Rain
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
i remember the last time i saw your face
you were wearin' your easter clothes
i can't remember the time or place
when you said
you were moving to the east coast
people say that time will heal the wounds
people say some strange things
people say we'll meet again soon
there's no to see you
'til then...
i'll be watchin' the rain come down
i'm tired of watchin' the rain fall down
couldn't reach that brass ring
i couldn't touch such a bold thing
once or twice i'd call your name
must be nice to feel no shame
'til then...
i'll be watchin the rain come down
i'm tired of watchin the rain fall down
rain go away
come again another day
without you it's so cold and grey
yeah there's sunny skies ahead
no more clouds above my bed
yes i'm hopin'
come back and stay
people say time will heal the wounds
people say some strange things
people say we'll meet again soon
Until then i'll be waiting
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I Don't Believe
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Long Time Ago
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Runnin' for Our
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Fan Club Message
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The Glutton
of Sympathy
A.sturmer / R.manning
In the breathless hush of
Four am
In the dark sits a sad cliche'
Cloaked in the navy blu of slowly
Fading stars
Tell me how this came to be
Sleeplessness talk to me
She'd say over and over again
Fumbling through a cut glass vase
Passing lipstick and cotton spools
Burning jealous pictures of
Marriages of friends
You never asked to be
The glutton of sympathy
She says over and and over that this is
The end
'Cause i see it in her eyes
What you don't know, time to let go
I see it in your eyes there is so
Much more out there to be learned
Such mornful words
On this white snow
Vacant page all the lesson
That she learns she packs away
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
She writes over and over again
That's when i see it in your eyes
What you don't know time to let go
I see it in your eyes
There is so much more out there to
Be learned
Tossing, turning roll away
Indecision won't you ever make up
Your mind
Lifetime nighttime wake the day
'Cause tomorrow will see
If you've had your fill of sympathy
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
Don't you know the stars are all
Fading let the sunshine capture the sparkle of
Your smile
Baby's Coming
Back
A.Sturmer
I knew that when I saw her
That my life would soon move over from
The fast lane
Gone would be the days of all my drinkin'
And my carryin' on
But when I settled down
The party king uncrowned
The stubborn memory hadn't faded
Too many dumb mistakes
And the grief it makes
Left nothin' else to be debated
And if you say that you
Understand then you're lyin'
But if you figure that I’m alright
Now I can't deny it
Baby's coming back
Baby's coming back
So I’m on my best behaviour
I can't take it any more
I just woke up on the floor today
I've long run out of my last chance
But she's on her way
If I had a dollar
For every single time that I fought her
I'd buy a handgun
But that couldn't shoot away
The bullseye that she made on my heart
And if I sound like a beaten man well
I guess so
But on her its the sweetest prize and i
Can't let go
What I told her on the telephone was that
i'd
Been so bad
I wouldn't blame her if she mowed down these
Wild oats i'd sown
But when she said she'd give me one
More chance
I said knock three times when you arrive
Baby's coming back...
That Is
Why
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Though it's hard to admit it's true
I've come to depend on you
You and your angelic shout
Loud enough for two
And that is why
I'll confide in you the truth
This time
That is why
I just can't go on and live this life
Yesterday I was right as rain
But now the forecast's not
It's partly cloudy with trouser stains
And his copy of enquiring minds
But that never meant that much to her
She chose to keep her nose too clean
She'd rahter keep it pointed
Anyway
In the spine of a magazine
And when you say I trust in you
I promise you the truth
And when you say I bet you won't
You know I will
And it'll be better in the end
So when you think you've got it
Figured out
Then you know you don't
Like all the rest you'd like to sit and pout
But of course you won't
The Ghost
At Number One
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Ugly apparition gods gift to
Oxygen
The puffed up immortal son
How they love him cause he'll become
The ghose at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who know that you're right
How does it feel to be a loaded gun
How does it feel inside a chamber
Packed with piss and spite
Sure life's no cherry
But a cupcake for the meek
So he shoots up his poison
Until the frosting tastes so sweet
(like a valentine)
He's giving it all he's got
The king of rebels hit the jackpot
But his finish line was an
Artistic flop
Yeah even the critics can't outrun
The ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
How does it feel to be a chalklind
Dollar sign
How does it feel up at the address
All the widows write
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives s a saviour, nappy superstar
To we've bid congratulations to
Him adulation
A blessed life begun, for the
Ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows the you're right
How does it feel to be a visionary poet
How does it feel to pack a pen with
Vinegar and insight
There's a party at the pearly gates
Of gold and platinum
(and) for you an invitation to the
Holy rock'n'rollers
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
Standing on the bandstand
You'll see the legends
Who'll tell you how it fels
To be the only one who knows
How does it feel to be so deep down underground
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows you've been buried alive
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives us a saviour
Joining
A Fan Club
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
She turned the nightlight on
And blew him a kiss
He stared back through his green
Crayola eyes
She traced his likeness from off
The back of the disc
Next to the boxtop promise of the biggest prize
Joining a fan club with my friends
Filling our bathtubs with tee
Shirts and 8 x 10's
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Downstairs the late show's blasting
'Age of the rock'
The greedy monks playin' last
Sunday at the milky way
Mom's writing checks to the
Minister in the corner singing
"dig down deep"
Cause if you wanna go to heaven
All you gotta do is pay to pray
Joining a fan club with my pen
Filling my bath tub with holy
Water and amens
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Shake that woody for me
St. Pinocchio
You've paid your money
Now watch that money grow
Joining a fan club best be warned
He turns me on when he wears that lampshade
Crown of thorns
We'd look so dreamy sharing his balck caviar
While i'm picking up a fallen star
Joining a fan club is a big mistake
I still get heartburn when i think about all off the
Stamps i ate
I wish i'd loved him before fate crashed his car
Say a prayer for a fallen star
(World Café
- June 25, 1993)
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I Can Hear the
Grass Grow
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New
Mistake
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Curtain opens spotlights the gentleman
Siging his love letter best wishes simpleton
Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs
He knew better that perfum was gravity
Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but nevermind
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
Intermission gave way to a miracle
The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
That couldn't wait the mother was three weeks
Late
So father mason clutching his crucifix
Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice
What a lovely way drowning sins and tooth decay
Looks like our hero's gonna fall
The bow's about to break
Cause any ole way that i fall
I'll be in your arms even though it's wrong
With our lovely new mistake
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
The ending turned tragic when many years
later
The baby had grown up and married
A pop singer
I guess it was her turn to make her first mistake
Any ole time at all
Any ole way that i fall
I just like awake with my new mistake
Eleanor Rigby
Beatles
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church
where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in
a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?
Father mckenzie writing the words of a sermon
that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. darning his socks in the night when
there’s nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Eleanor rigby died in the church and was
buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father mckenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks
from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
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All Is Forgiven
A.sturmer / R.manning
Heal me darling
Pleaded the playboy bedroom eyes
Grace your sunshine
Till everyithing's ok, alright, fine
What's hers is his
Cause everything is forgiven
Forgiven
Though he soured the milk of human
Kindness all is forgiven (all is forgiven)
Truth and avarice
Encircle his words like a
Barberpole
Twisted and useless
Till they disappear in her camisole
(goodnight alibi)
Throw away your daggers and pills
Cause everything's still forgiven
Forgiven
Though he bit off the nipple of
Human kindness all is forgiven
Hypocrite, four flusher, snake in
The grass
Just a swindler and wolf in sheep's
Clothing, liar
Yes he tries to hide the cross he
Bears
But splinters, like the truth have
Always risen
All is forgiven
Though he shelters in the
Shade of the wings of a stool pigeon
All is forgiven
Sebrina,
Paste And Plato
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Far behind the forest of
Flying paper aeroplanes
Grazing on the grounds of ponytails
The substitute is counting down her ticks till
Recess
Hammering down to size her fingernails
Because today's the day sebrina builds her
box
Lunch buffet
Kool-aid, sandwiches and chips for all the
Shoulders
Lunch is on the table soon dessert
Is on the floor singing
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
Chesney's looking dapper in his brand
New dunce cap
Strolling down the runway to an "f"
(never has he look so lovely)
With all the others watching
Eating paste and plato (the one and only)
He fights the urge to run and kiss the chef
But she's a lovetarian especially in the
form of
Puppies
So he keeps his elbows off her
Table but he spills the beas
That he loves the girl behind the boysenberry
Punch (sebrina)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(our lady of the jabberwock)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(i live to smell her tulips talk)
So serene sebrina makes me feel so serene
(hostess for the show and tell the shepherdess
Of the muscatel flock)
Lucnhbox, hopsctoch on the rocks with spitballs,
Pratfalls, alcohol
Sebrina...
Joining
A Fan Club
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
She turned the nightlight on
And blew him a kiss
He stared back through his green
Crayola eyes
She traced his likeness from off
The back of the disc
Next to the boxtop promise of the biggest prize
Joining a fan club with my friends
Filling our bathtubs with tee
Shirts and 8 x 10's
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Downstairs the late show's blasting
'Age of the rock'
The greedy monks playin' last
Sunday at the milky way
Mom's writing checks to the
Minister in the corner singing
"dig down deep"
Cause if you wanna go to heaven
All you gotta do is pay to pray
Joining a fan club with my pen
Filling my bath tub with holy
Water and amens
He looks so dreamy i'm in love
From afar
When i'm picking up a fallen star
Shake that woody for me
St. Pinocchio
You've paid your money
Now watch that money grow
Joining a fan club best be warned
He turns me on when he wears that lampshade
Crown of thorns
We'd look so dreamy sharing his balck caviar
While i'm picking up a fallen star
Joining a fan club is a big mistake
I still get heartburn when i think about all off the
Stamps i ate
I wish i'd loved him before fate crashed his car
Say a prayer for a fallen star
The Ghost
At Number One
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Ugly apparition gods gift to
Oxygen
The puffed up immortal son
How they love him cause he'll become
The ghose at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who know that you're right
How does it feel to be a loaded gun
How does it feel inside a chamber
Packed with piss and spite
Sure life's no cherry
But a cupcake for the meek
So he shoots up his poison
Until the frosting tastes so sweet
(like a valentine)
He's giving it all he's got
The king of rebels hit the jackpot
But his finish line was an
Artistic flop
Yeah even the critics can't outrun
The ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
How does it feel to be a chalklind
Dollar sign
How does it feel up at the address
All the widows write
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives s a saviour, nappy superstar
To we've bid congratulations to
Him adulation
A blessed life begun, for the
Ghost at number one
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows the you're right
How does it feel to be a visionary poet
How does it feel to pack a pen with
Vinegar and insight
There's a party at the pearly gates
Of gold and platinum
(and) for you an invitation to the
Holy rock'n'rollers
How does it feel to be the only one
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows that you're right
Standing on the bandstand
You'll see the legends
Who'll tell you how it fels
To be the only one who knows
How does it feel to be so deep down underground
How does it feel to be the only one
Who knows you've been buried alive
Mrs lynn the fruit of your labour
Gives us a saviour
The Man I Used To
Be
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
I hope you remember me
I was your daddy once
Wearing the sailor cap and dirty nails
To you I’m just a picture on your
Mother's mantlepiece
Who chose to fight the good fight in
Time to fail
Into battle
And in your shadow
Your daddy loves you still
Yes I do
I never thought it'd be so hard to
See you grow so fast
And turn into the man I used to be
But I hope you have more sense
Than I in matters such as these
Medals don't mean shit when a
Family is lost at sea
Into battle
And in your shadow
Your daddy loves you still
Yes he does
Yes he does
I save every moment i've reached out
And almost touched you
But they all fade away must be a bad memory
The Glutton
of Sympathy
A.sturmer / R.manning
In the breathless hush of
Four am
In the dark sits a sad cliche'
Cloaked in the navy blu of slowly
Fading stars
Tell me how this came to be
Sleeplessness talk to me
She'd say over and over again
Fumbling through a cut glass vase
Passing lipstick and cotton spools
Burning jealous pictures of
Marriages of friends
You never asked to be
The glutton of sympathy
She says over and and over that this is
The end
'Cause i see it in her eyes
What you don't know, time to let go
I see it in your eyes there is so
Much more out there to be learned
Such mornful words
On this white snow
Vacant page all the lesson
That she learns she packs away
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
She writes over and over again
That's when i see it in your eyes
What you don't know time to let go
I see it in your eyes
There is so much more out there to
Be learned
Tossing, turning roll away
Indecision won't you ever make up
Your mind
Lifetime nighttime wake the day
'Cause tomorrow will see
If you've had your fill of sympathy
Will you never cease to be
The glutton of sympathy
Don't you know the stars are all
Fading let the sunshine capture the sparkle of
Your smile
New Mistake
A.Sturmer / R.Manning
Curtain opens spotlights the gentleman
Siging his love letter best wishes simpleton
Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs
He knew better that perfum was gravity
Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but nevermind
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
Intermission gave way to a miracle
The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
That couldn't wait the mother was three weeks
Late
So father mason clutching his crucifix
Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice
What a lovely way drowning sins and tooth decay
Looks like our hero's gonna fall
The bow's about to break
Cause any ole way that i fall
I'll be in your arms even though it's wrong
With our lovely new mistake
You better catch me when i fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that i fall
I land in your arms even though
It's wrong
Cause i love my new mistake
The ending turned tragic when many years
later
The baby had grown up and married
A pop singer
I guess it was her turn to make her first mistake
Any ole time at all
Any ole way that i fall
I just like awake with my new mistake
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